Red blood cell exchange to avoid intubating a COVID-19 positive patient with sickle cell disease?
J Clin Apher
; 35(4): 378-381, 2020 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-32629539
ABSTRACT
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to claim lives across the globe, insufficient data exists regarding the optimal treatment. It is well known that patients 55 years of age or older and patients with certain chronic diseases are at higher risk of severe illness, including acute respiratory distress syndrome and death. A potentially fatal pulmonary complication of sickle cell disease, acute chest syndrome, can be precipitated by acute infections, including respiratory viruses. We report the case of a patient with sickle cell disease (HbSC) who developed COVID-19 pneumonia and acute chest syndrome who was treated with emergent red blood cell exchange in order to avoid endotracheal intubation.
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neumonía Viral
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Insuficiencia Respiratoria
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Transfusión de Eritrocitos
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Infecciones por Coronavirus
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Pandemias
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Betacoronavirus
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Intubación Intratraqueal
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Anemia de Células Falciformes
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Clin Apher
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos